Re: gs monitor died?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

tuey@my-deja.com wrote:

>after several months of having my gs dismantled (ok, ok, don't beat me.
>i know that means i'm no longer apple ii true), i tried putting it back
>together.  but i guess what i've heard is true.  once you take them
>apart, they get miffed and just won't play right anymore.
>
>my monitor refuses to look at me.  i've been reading a lot of the
>messages here in hopes that it might turn out to be only a battery
>problem (like happened to my Performa last year) but i guess the gs
>battery only runs the clock & desktop ram & all.
>
>so, before i go looking to buy a new monitor (or (sniff) permanently
>pack the gs away in the back bedroom  with my IIe), is there anything i
>could try that might tell me for certain that it's the monitor?  i can
>hear the system trying to boot, but i see absolutely nothing.

Run your VCR input cable from your VCR to the back of the IIGS
and use the IIGS composite out to see if anything comes up on
your TV.  It may not be the monitor's problem.  There is a virus
on the IIGS that changes the color of the text, the border, and
the backgroud all to black.  This makes the IIGS seem to be
dead.